26.4935, Support: Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Morphology; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics / United Kingdom

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-4935. Thu Nov 05 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.4935, Support: Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Morphology; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics / United Kingdom

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Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:30:22
From: Neil Bermel [n.bermel at sheffield.ac.uk]
Subject: Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Morphology; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics, PhD, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

 Institution/Organization: University of Sheffield 
Department: School of Languages and Cultures 
Web Address: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/slc 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Morphology; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Description:

The School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sheffield is delighted to announce a range of studentships for autumn 2016 entry. We especially welcome applications from suitably qualified applicants in the following areas of linguistics:

- Multilingualism
- Discourse analysis
- Sociology of language
- Morphology and morphological theory
- Usage-based theories of language
- Empirical methods in linguistics
- Historical linguistics
- Pragmatics
- Second language acquisition
- Language planning/language regulation
- Variation in standard languages

More information about the School research culture and staff research interests may be found here: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/slc/research/clusters/linguistic

Postgraduates in the Department are part of the dynamic postgraduate community in the School of Languages and Cultures: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/slc/postgraduate/research

Applications for the following studentship opportunities must be submitted no later than 5pm on Tuesday, 2 February 2016:

1) The White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH) is a Doctoral Training Partnership of the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York. It is responsible for the distribution of AHRC-funded doctoral studentships for these universities and for the coordination of a doctoral training programme. WRoCAH is able to offer over 50 AHRC studentships per year to candidates with a place for doctoral study at the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield or York. Applicants for an AHRC studentship must have applied for a place of study in an eligible School, Department or Centre and may only apply for funding at one of Leeds, Sheffield or York. The studentship application form and details of how to apply are only available from the WRoCAH website: http://wrocah.ac.uk/new-student/ahrc-competition/
2) Applications for the University Prize and Doctoral Academy scholarships are also open and further details about all of them can be found here: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/scholarships

Important: Scholarship applicants must have been accepted for a place on the programme and have previously discussed their funding application with the Director of Postgraduate Studies: Dr Kristine Horner (k.horner at sheffield.ac.uk).

You are warmly invited to attend our next University Postgraduate Open Day on 19 November. At that time, you can also make arrangements to visit the School to meet relevant staff and discuss your application. Further details may be found here: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/open-days

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch with a potential supervisor or contact us for advice. 

Application Deadline: 02-Feb-2016 

Web Address for Applications: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/apply 

Contact Information: 
	Prof. Neil Bermel 
	n.bermel at sheffield.ac.uk 
	Phone:+44 114 222 7405  

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